Teachers at Delhi University College demand the demolition of a structure that was built in 2017

Teachers at the Dyal Singh College at the University of Delhi have demanded that the building constructed by the Dyal Singh Evening College (DSEC), which became a full-fledged morning college in 2017, be torn down.

Faculty members claimed on Wednesday that the NIA building in New Delhi’s Dyal Singh College campus has been next to a “unauthorised” building for a number of years, endangering the security of the investigation agency’s main office.Teachers at the Dyal Singh College at the University of Delhi have demanded that the building constructed by the Dyal Singh Evening College (DSEC), which became a full-fledged morning college in 2017, be torn down.

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Additionally, they claimed that the administration of Dyal Singh Evening College and the local government were linked due to “large-scale corruption” and prevented any action from being taken against the building.The evening college, which hosts classes for about 700 students, asserted that the building is not “unauthorized” and that they have applied to have it regularised.

Dyal Singh College at the University of Delhi.

The Dyal Singh Evening College (DSEC), which had previously been an evening school, switched to a morning school in 2017. This put a strain on the resources that were available, including the classrooms that it shared with the established Dyal Singh Morning college. Both colleges are housed on the same campus, which is only about 11 acres in size.

The faculty members claim that the former South Delhi Municipal Corporation has designated the “illegal” structure as “unauthorized.” (SDMC). The MCD was unavailable for comment right away.Following its trifurcation, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi operated as three distinct entities from 2012 to 2022. All three civic organizations, including the SDMC, were merged into the MCD once more in 2022.

Since the creation of the structure, the faculty members claim they have brought the issue before the university and government authorities, but no action has been taken.On the grounds of Dyal Singh College, there was extensive corruption and illegal construction. Professor and Academic Council member Naveen Gaur stated that the (erstwhile) SDMC “deemed the construction to be illegal and therefore ordered its demolition in July 2018”.

Gaur claimed that inaction against the building had been caused by corruption and a “nexus” between the Dyal Singh Evening College administration and local government.He said that because the illegal building was so close to the NIA and the new CRPF buildings, there might be security issues.

The Dyal Singh College evening college completed the construction in 2017. According to Gaur, there are seven rooms in the building.”This block is referred to by the Dyal Singh Evening College as Semi-Permanent Structure (SPS). It is built in a space that is not designated for buildings. The block is partially set back and partially in a playground area, according to Gaur.

The MCD and the Ministry of Urban Development have been contacted regarding the regularisation of the structure, according to the principal of Dyal Singh Evening College.”Three times, we have lost land due to political reasons. The other times were in the 1990s for a gas station and in 2007 for DMRC construction. One occurred after the 1982 Asiad Games. A professor observed, “From 12 acres of land for 1,200 students, it has changed to 10 acres of land for 6,000 students in the morning college and 2,000 students in the evening.

In order to demonstrate the availability of classrooms when evening college became a full-fledged college in 2017, according to Sachin N, Associate Professor, Department of English, DSC, they went ahead and built the “structure illegally”.

The Evening College converted into a full-fledged Morning College in 2017, which increased the strain on the physical infrastructure that was already in place. This was a very disastrous Tughlaqian move. In their haste to demonstrate the availability of classrooms, the Evening College built the disputed structure illegally because the earlier vertical expansion was not an option.

For enabling this illegality, he continued, “Many in the administrative apparatus concerned of various official agencies can be suspected of active connivance and dereliction of duty.”The evening college’s principal, however, claimed that they had to raise the building due to the lack of space on campus.There are 2,000 students enrolled in the college right now. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged college. Prior to now, there were only evening classes, but principal Pawan Sharma explained that because so many of the students came from remote areas, morning classes were also necessary.

“This temporary building in the canteen was only there to house students while the new building was being built. The space is still limited, so we are also using this structure. The building’s regularisation has been requested, according to Sharma.

Dyal Singh College at the University of Delhi